Complete And Unabridged.teeming With Ideas And Imagery, And With Its Extraordinary Intensity Sustained By Mischievous Irony And Moments Of Exquisite Beauty, Moby-dick Is Both A Great American Epic And A Profoundly Imaginative Literary Creation.part Of The Macmillan Collectors Library; A Series Of Stunning, Clothbound, Pocket Sized Classics With Gold Foiled Edges And Ribbon Markers. These Beautiful Books Make Perfect Gifts Or A Treat For Any Book Lover. This Edition Features An Afterword By Nigel Cliff.on Board The Whaling Ship Pequod A Crew Of Wise Men And Fools, Renegades And Seeming Phantoms Is Hurled Through Treacherous Seas By Crazed Captain Ahab, A Man Hell-bent On Hunting Down The Mythic White Whale.